Yorktown Plan to Mark Historic Sites Moves Forward
A move by the Colonial Dames and Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities seeks federal funding to restore Yorktown fortifications lay out roads and erect monuments marking its War of Independence surrender and Civil War sites. Yorktown born in 1693 features Fort Hamilton the Moore and Nelson houses and the first colonial customs house, with markers and monuments detailing Cornwallis surrender and historic events.
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Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Society For the Preservation of
Virginia
Congress
England
Laurence Smith
York River
National Cemetery
Fort Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
America
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Cornwallis
Lafayette
House of Justice
Nelson
Moore House
Names That Are Immortal Signers of the Declaration
A list of signers including John Adams Samuel Adams Josiah Barrett Carter Braxton Charles Carroll Samuel Chase Abraham Clark George Csmr William Ellery William Floyd Benjamin Franklin Elbridge Getry Briton Gwinner John Hancock Lyman Hall Benjamin Harrison John Hart Joseph Hewes Thomas Hey ward Jr William Hooper Stephen Hopkins Francis Hopkinson Samuel Huntington Thomas Jefferson Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Francs Lewis Philip Levington Thomas Lynch Sr Thomas McKean Arthur Middleton Lewis Robert Morris John Morton Thomas Nelson Jr William Paca Robert T Paine John Penn George Read Caesar Rodney George Ross Benjamin Rush Edward Rutledge Roger Sherman James Smith Richard Stockton Thomas Stone George Tastor Matthew Thornton George Walton William Whipple William Williams James Wilson John Witherspoon Oliver Wolcott George Wythe
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John Adams
Samuel Adams
Josiah Barrett
Carter Braxton
Charles Carroll
Samuel Chase
Abraham Clark
George Cismer
William Ellery
William Floyd
Benjamin Franklin
Elbridge Getry
Briton Gwinner
John Hancock
Lyman Hall
Benjamin Harrison
John Hart
Joseph Hewes
Thomas Heyward
William Hooper
Stephen Hopkins
Francis Hopkinson
Samuel Huntington
Thomas Jefferson
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Francs Lewis
Philip Levington
Thomas Lynch, Sr
Thomas McKean
Arthur Middleton
Lewis
Robert Morris
John Morton
Thomas Nelson
William Paca
Robert T. Paine
John Penn
George Read
Caesar Rodney
George Ross
Benjamin Rush
Edward Rutledge
Roger Sherman
James Smith
Richard Stockton
Thomas Stone
George Tastor
Matthew Thornton
George Walton
Will Liam Whipple
William Williame
James Wilson
John Witherspoon
Olver Wolcott
George Wythe
The Pine Creek Declaration Legend Re examined
Henry W Shoemaker traced a disputed July 4 1776 Pine Creek Declaration by Fair Play Men in central Pennsylvania. He argues the tale is authentic and details are well established, locating the gathering near Pine Station Clinton County about 19 miles above Williamsport.
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United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pine Creek
Henry W
Altoona
Shoemaker
Pine Station
Clinton County
Williamsport
Lafayette Flame and Washington's Prayer Traditions
A poem honors Lafayette and Lt Marquis of Lafayette as a beacon for freedom, recalling the statue gift in Metz and his western march. It connects American reverence for Lafayette with wartime courage and liberty, citing New York Times praise and the enduring memory of Washington’s Prayer at Morristown and the Ford mansion in New Jersey.
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Metz
Hall
Marquis of Lafayette
Bays
Columbia
America
France
New World Knights
John B. Kennedy
New York Times
Washington
New Jersey
Morristown
Ford Mansion
Short Hills
Detroit News
Manuscript of Lafayette Response Given to Lafayette College
The original manuscript of the Marauls de Lafayette response from the December 10 1824 reception at the National House of Representatives has been presented to Lafayette College by Morris Clothier of Philadelphia. The manuscript is written in Lafayette's own hand.
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Lafayette
Marauls de Lafayette
National House of Representatives
Lafayette College
Morris Bh. Clothier
Philadelphia
Flag of the Future and its star arrangement
The article details the Flag of the Future design with thirteen central stars for the original states from the 1782 seal, twenty five stars in a circle from 1776, and ten outer stars for later admissions since 1876. It notes new stars to be added at equal intervals as states join.
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United States
Washington
Not the First Federation of New England Colonies
The article notes the first real federation formed May 19, 1643, by Massachusetts Bay Plymouth Connecticut and New Haven for common defense. It involves 20,000 English settlers across six colonies, shaping cooperation as settlements spread inland and borders became contested. It mentions Rhode Island Maine and secular tensions, with peace terms with the Narragansett and Dutch, and later a more liberal federation twenty years afterward.
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Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth
Connecticut
New Haven
Hartford
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Maine
New
Declaration Endangered in State Department Safe
The originals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are kept in a thin steel safe in the State Department library in Washington. The safe is said to be fire and water unsafe. A $20,000 request for a freproof vault was omitted from the appropriation bill and ignored annually. The safe reportedly could not endure a severe fire beyond 20 minutes.
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United States
State Department
Washington
Sons of Liberty shaped by Boston origins and tea raid
The Sons of Liberty formed October 1 1763 in a Harvard square distillery room Boston. They opposed the Stamp Act with a young, fiery leadership led by Paul Revere. It is believed the tea thrown into Boston Harbor was done by borrowed members of the society.
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Patriotic Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Harvard Square
Boston
Paul Revere
Boston Harbor
March of Democracy and Jefferson's Vision Challenged
The quote that "Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed" marks a sonorous challenge to entrenched rule. The passage notes political changes over the last 146 years testing democracy against oligarchy and despotism.
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Jefferson
Government Ownership of Railroads Sparks Constitutional Fear
A conservative piece argues government ownership of U S railroads would destroy republican government and private rights. It cites Italy Canada and U S experiences showing heavy losses, massive payroll growth and calls private operation with regulation the better path. It warns of multi‑billion annual losses and vast tax burdens if public ownership prevails.
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United States
Attendon
Italy
Canada
America
Canadian National Railways
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George Washington
Robert Morrie
Hmita
Cornwaluis
Fay
Phillip B. Strong
Kansan City Star
Knights of Columbus
Marinis de Lafayette
Jonquelin
Pelleter
Iiberty
Freeman
Picpus
Thirteen Colonies
Experience OF
Masgolini
Mussolini
Fiddler
Los Angeles Times
Nmars- Ber
Los Angeles
Times
Mich
Ft Economics
Tran
Sportal
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Assembly
Flint
Sedacetra
Chines
Chevrolet Motor Company Division
General Motors Corporation
Detroit, Mich
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